Symphony of the Soil

Just watched this great documentary. I learned lots about one of the most important life support system components—besides water and air. I thought the first part of this documentary was critical in getting a sense of what soil is and what it is composed of. Soil, except for food production, rarely gets mentioned in studies, articles, and documents on Climate Change.The knee-jerk response by those who say that we cannot possibly feed the populations of the world with organic farming hijacks the entire discussion about the need to have healthy soil as we go further into Climate Change. Food production on a planet moving towards 9 billion folks by 2050 is critical, but it tends to blind us to the need for soil that does a lot more than grow crops—probably some biological ecological functions by some unknown creatures in the soil we barely understand.My favorite quote in the documentary is that watching soil through a microscope is like watching Times Square on New Year’s Eve. Pausing on this quote for a moment gives one a sense of the infinite complexity of a substance that covers this planet, a substance we have mistreated badly without hardly as clue as to what it is. Soil, the discovery of all that it does, should be a critical part of all Climate Change discussions.This reminds me of an old joke: The dentist tells his patient that his teeth are fine but the gums have to come out. ‘Soil’ is the gums. If we are able to feed 9 billion folks in 2050 but we have trashed the soil with toxins and GMO’s in the process, our way of life and those in it will no longer be sustainable.

I loved it! It started out a bit on the technical side but kept getting better and better. I had a tear in my eye at the end, thinking of all the damage that is done to to the Earth every day by uneducated or irresponsible people. I highly recommend it. Show it to young people to get them onboard with saving the planet. Show it to your neighbors so they can change to environmentally friendly methods to make your neighborhood a healthier place to live.

This is so good it should be watched and incorporated by any serious, or non serious for that matter, gardener. Extremely well prepared and presented without preaching to the viewer. I was extremely relieved to see that they avoided preaching man-made global weather modification. I am completing a Master Gardener program and believe this to be the best approach to soil development and care. Highly Recommended!

This film has so much common sense. It compares organic farmers with other farmers who use GMO's. I can't believe that our government authorities are so blind to this concept. Jerry Garcia's (Grateful Dead) widow produced this film. Very well done.

Much of the content in the DVD Symphony of the soil is from experts but is accessible. The soil is a living thing and needs much care because practically all our food comes from the soil. The DVD clearly shows that if impoverish or poison the soil this will also happen to our food. We eat soil!

Gorgeous movie - used it as research for my play "Dirt: A Terra Nova Expedition" and found it inspiring each time I watched it. Wish it was required viewing in every college / high school class about environment / soil sciences / nutrition / etc. (Well, okay, for EVERYone). Beautiful, beautiful.

This is everything you would want to know about soil. One of the key items is that without soil organisms things such as nitrogen will not be pulled from the air and made bio available to plants.We all need to know these things with the CO2 over 400 and the gov't spraying nano particles in the sky, you need to educate and ARM yourself with this information.

This film touched me in an emotional way. It is very moving to see how loving our life-sustaining planet provides for us. My prayer is that this film reaches broad audience opportunities. I confess that my prayers are very effective. Thank you again, Deborah Koons Garcia for being a truth seeker and truth teller. Very very inspiring.